Christchurch is still reeling from the 2011 earthquake, but there may be more on their way.

While firefighters battled widespread fires in New South Wales in October 2013, hundreds of thousands of people turned to social media and smartphone apps for vital updates.
AAP Image/Dan HimbrechtsNovember 10, 2015

When disaster strikes, more people than ever are turning to social media to find out if they're in danger. But Australian emergency services need to work together more to learn what works to save lives.

A ballerina is painted on the back of the Theatre Royal in Christchurch by Tauranga artist Owen Dippie and his team.
Jocelyn KinghornDecember 11, 2014

Three recent events in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, almost four years on from the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in February 2011, suggest that arts and culture are playing a central role in the recovery…

Transitional architecture such as The Arcades Project is just one of many adaptive creative projects in Christchurch.
Barnaby BennettFebruary 19, 2014

February 22 is the third anniversary of the powerful earthquake that killed 185 people and radically altered the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The city centre is flattened and empty, with thousands…

This proposed redevelopment of the Avon River is one of many initiatives designed to revive Christchurch’s tourism industry.
AAPFebruary 25, 2013

Last Friday marked two years since the earthquake which devastated the Christchurch CBD, and caused the death of over 180 people. The quake destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes and businesses…

Current Prime Minister John Key is set to have an easy victory at today’s election.
AAP/NZN Image/SNPA, David RowlandNovember 25, 2011

New Zealand goes to the polls today to elect both a government and conduct a referendum on the nation’s electoral system. It will cap off fifteen tumultuous months in the country. Christchurch has endured…

With new technology comes new ways of communicating with one another in times of crisis. Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook allow important information to be shared widely and instantaneously. But…

The last 10 years have seen three of the seven biggest earthquakes ever recorded.
Tubbi/Wikimedia CommonsApril 13, 2011

Since the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, there have been several major events, and a large number of magnitude-8 earthquakes – a cluster, it could be said, of large earthquakes. The last time we saw this was…

Is earthquake prediction even possible?
Soe Than WIN/AFPMarch 28, 2011

Why have so many lives been lost in Japan and New Zealand recently? And why have so many survivors – the so-called “lucky ones” – had their livelihoods and homes destroyed? As a seismologist, I ask myself…